How to Improve the Boot Time on Windows 10

Out of all the Operating Systems, this world has a huge range of Windows OS users. And with that large user-base, Windows has come to a point where it gets weekly updates so as to give a glitch-free experience to the users. And out of all the glitches and bugs, slow boot issue is one of the highest experienced issues.

Moreover, if you are someone who has updated your Windows version from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10, you might as well be facing this issue. So here, we are going to discuss some of the solutions through which you can solve these issues.

How to improve the Boot time on Windows 10

Boot Time Scan

It is time to remove all those malicious files that you might be carrying with your previous version of the Windows. When you update your system, all these files get carried and might be a reason for the slow boot time of your PC. To identify the malicious files and delete them, Avast Antivirus works perfectly to exactly identify what’s slowing down your PC.

Enabling Fast Startup

This is a setting you can enable in your Windows settings. Enabling this feature will help you increase the boot time of your PC.

To do that, go to your Control Panel > Power Options, and click on “Choose what the power buttons do” in the side menu.

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Next up, click on “Change settings that are currently unavailable” and scroll down to find the option of “Turn on fast startup”. Turn on the option and click on save changes over there.

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Delaying startup services

Through this method, you will be pushing the apps that you have set to startup to start a little after the total boot up. Basically, you are just delaying the apps that startup on boot up.

To do this, simply press the Windows Key + R and type in services.msc in the box and press Enter.

Now, just find the services that you think are causing the delay under the General section. In there, just change the Startup Type setting from Default to Manual and you’re done.

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Disabling Startup Apps

Knowingly or unknowingly, you might have enabled some of the apps to start when your Windows gets started up. With just a few steps mentioned below, you can disable all the apps that you have enabled to start while startup.

Update or Reset

If none of the solutions seem to work for you, these are the options that you have in the last to perform. Check if you have an awaiting Windows update which might fix your PC’s boot time just right. Don’t you feel the boot time has increased even after the Update, you can perform the other option?

To reset your PC, just go to Update & Security and then under Reset this PC, click on Get Started and you’ll be off. You first have to take a backup of your data if you don’t want to lose and then reset it completely.

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Update Graphic Card Drivers

This might be another reason for the delayed startup of your PC. So, you might as well want to check the status of your drivers frequently. Outdated and corrupted graphics drivers can be uninstalled and re-installed again so as to fix the issue.

First things first, you will have to press the Windows + R button simultaneously to open the Run Dialog Box. Now, you need to type in devmgmt.msc and press enter.

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Now, in the Device Manager window, under the Display Adapter, right click and click on Uninstall Device.

You will get a warning prompting to check a box to Uninstall. Do that and click on Uninstall.

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After this, simply restart your PC and then head over to the manufacturer’s website and then download the latest version of the display driver.

This process will surely help in fixing the slow boot time of your PC if the graphics drivers were really a cause for the slow boot time.

By following the above-mentioned procedures, you can fix the slow boot time of your Windows 10 PC. If it still doesn’t help, you might want to consider switching back to Windows 7 or 8 depending on the processor and the storage capacity of your PC. If you have any other solutions, let us know in the comments section below.

Mohammed Siadath Ali is a Technology blogger. He is an MCA(Master Of Computer Applications) Graduate From Esteemed University . Mohammed Siadath Ali is a computer geek who has a good knowledge on programming & Codes and is the Designer And C.E.O of TechBuzzes. He has knowledge on a variety of Programming Languages. Mohammed Siadath Ali is a Passionate Technology blogger, who has been blogging on Software's And Technology as a passion since 5+years . Technology has been one of his Favorite and Greatest passion. And that is one of the main reason behind starting his Technology Blog TechBuzzes - where he has started blogging about the Latest Technology on Software's and providing high information to the Users.